Double Header Basketball Games

Double Header Basketball Games

                As I stated in a previous blog, there is a major problem regarding fans at the boys and girls basketball games. The girls will never have more fans show up to one of their games than the boys do. It is very irritating towards the girls because they most of the time do not have any students from the school at the game cheering them on.

                I mentioned that there is a solution to this problem but I didn’t quite explain it. The solution that that has been brought up is to have all boys and girls basketball games become double headers. This will allow there to be fans at both the boys and girls games. I am not just saying to have double headers at the inner city games; I am talking about every single game. Some Des Moines schools have been doing this for a while now, and they love it. I have a friend that attends Grimes High School and she absolutely loves having double headers.

                This idea has been brought to the administration and they say that it will cause schools to lose money. Which I do not understand that because if you have both the boys and girls game at one school, they will earn more money by having twice as many people that attend. There might be less home games which they probably believe would cause them to lose money but really it doesn’t matter. If you have only eight home games compared to twelve, you are still probably making more money considering there will be two sets of fans coming in on one night, the boys’ and the girls’ fans.

                If our school decided that it would be a good idea to have every game a double header then they would most likely have to make sure the other schools in the conference wouldn’t mind it. Having double headers for each game would be beneficial in a lot of different ways. For one, the girls would be very pleased to see that they have more than just one row of students in the bleachers. I am not exactly sure, but I believe the school would actually make more money from admissions than what they do now. Also, the atmosphere of the games would be so exciting all the time instead of just the four times we have double headers now.

             I do not know if the administration is ever going to pull this splendid idea off, but I know they should definitely try considering it. It would make not just the girls happy but the student body. Everyone is excited for double header basketball games. Hopefully one day they will see the benefits it could possibly make.
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